February 12, 2024

Sunrise: 6:54 AM Sunset: 5:15 PM Length of the day: 10 hours and 21 minutes On this date in 1988, snow was falling fast and thick, and would generally total 1 to 2 feet by the time it was over. The highest totals were in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, with...

February 11, 2024

Sunrise: 6:56 AM Sunset: 5:14 PM Length of the day: 10 hours and 18 minutes This date marks the average greatest depth of snow on the ground during the winter. Although this can come anywhere from December to March, more interesting is that the average ranges from...

February 10, 2024

Sunrise: 6:57 AM Sunset: 5:13 PM Length of the day: 10 hours and 16 minutes On this date in 1857, after some of the most severe cold known in January, thawing rains caused rivers to break up, and much flooding followed.

February 9, 2024

Sunrise: 6:58 AM Sunset: 5:11 PM Length of the day: 10 hours and 13 minutes On this date in 1969, heavy snow was piling up, driven by strong winds, the first of two tremendous snowstorms that month. 20 inches was measured in Bethlehem and Rumney, NH, while Vernon, VT...

February 8, 2024

Sunrise: 7:00 AM Sunset: 5:10 PM Length of the day: 10 hours and 10 minutes Tremendously cold air enveloped the region on this date in 1861, perhaps the coldest 24 hours in the 19th century. Temperatures fell throughout the 7th, bottoming out on the morning of the 8th...

February 7, 2024

Sunrise: 7:01 AM Sunset: 5:08 PM Length of the day: 10 hours and 7 minutes One of New England’s greatest snowstorms brought eastern and southern New England 20 to 40 inches of snow, whipped into drifts of 5 to 10 feet, in the cold and snowy winter of 1978. In...